セルフサービス
せるふさーびす
noun; no-adjective
self-service
1.
self-service
A system where customers serve themselves rather than being served by staff. Common in gas stations, restaurants, and stores.
この店はセルフサービスです。
This shop is self-service.
セルフサービスのガソリンスタンドで給油した。
I filled up at a self-service gas station.
食堂はセルフサービスなので、自分でトレーを片付けてください。
The cafeteria is self-service, so please put away your own tray.
セルフサービス describes a system where customers serve themselves instead of being waited on by staff. From English "self-service."
ABBREVIATION:
Often shortened to セルフ in casual speech: セルフのガソリンスタンド (self-service gas station), セルフレジ (self-checkout).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- セルフサービスの店: self-service shop
- セルフサービス方式: self-service system
- セルフサービスのレジ / セルフレジ: self-checkout register
- セルフサービスの食堂: self-service cafeteria
COMMON CONTEXTS:
- ガソリンスタンド: gas stations (increasingly common since 1998)
- 食堂 / カフェテリア: cafeterias
- ドリンクバー: drink bar (self-service drink station at restaurants)
- セルフうどん: self-service udon shops (popular in 讃岐)
GRAMMAR:
Can be used as a no-adjective: セルフサービスの店 (a self-service shop).